Constitution al Code Bowring, vol. IX, p

76. Indications concerninj lord Eldon, includinq Hislory of thc jtending Judges-Salary-Haisiiuj Meaaure, Bowring, vol. V. pp. 348-382. — Sur la publication, v. Bowring, vol. X, p. 543.

77. Bowring, \ol. Xï, pp. 51-55 : Rentham au duc de Broglic, 13 aoAt 1830. — Cf. Horner, Mem. and Corr. vol. I, p. 427, : lettre a .f. A. Murmy, esq.. 7 avril 18U7 :... lt is some satisfaction to me, tliat you and Jeffrey are converti* to my opinion of his book on Frencli judicalure ; whicli, liko ail his otlier treatises, contai ns inany im]»orlant observations, which may be ta Ken in thc verv state in which lie 1ms left iheiu. but is still more valuable for ils irrésistible eflfect in seltinjr tlie mind of tbe reader to work by tbe boldncss and restlessness of thc wrilrr's spéculations. It is tbe mosl effe»-udI exercise in tbe art of législative reasonings.

78. Mackinlosh, DixsertationiSîè ; StuarlMill, Aulobioyraphy, pp. 101-2.

79. Ed. Rev. nov. 1810, art. II, Mémoires du Prince Kugéne (.vol. XVII, p. 39 j.

80. Bowring, vol. X, p. 450. Bentbam disaità Bowring: « He willneverwillingly enter discourse with me. When be difTers, lie is silent. Ile is a character. He expects to subduc cverybody by bis positiveness. His manner of speaking is oppressive and overbearing. » Mais comme il sait pourtant se faire docile avec son maître ! Place lui a écrit une lettre où il se plaint de l'obscurité croissante des écrit s de Boiitbain ; or Mill babile chez Bcntham, et lui lit régulièrement à haute voix toutes les lettres de Place. Il écrit à celui-ci : « Your letter bad nearly done misehief. Ileading it to bim as lie expects your letters.as be sees theui corne in, sbould be read. I stumbled on your saying.. when, observingwhat followed, I pretended lofind adifficully in readiug, and slipped tbe whole of what you said about tbe style. He never would lune forgiven you, und to excite dislike were no good is to be doue by it is evil for botb parties. Tbere is no one tbing upou which be plumes bimself so muc-h as his style, and be would not alter itit'all tbe world were to preach to bim till Domesday » ((ira lia m Wallas, p. SÔ).

81. Bowring, vol. X, pp. 481-482 : James Mill to Bentbam, 19 sept. 1814. Cf. Add. Mss. Brit. Mus., 35, 153 : Mill à Place, Bagshot, 13 sept. 1818 : <• He 'llentham tliinks my being near bim a thing of no small importance to bis happiness and thougb I bave no doubt be would soon lcarn to do witliout me, yet I could not forgive mysclf if 1 did auytbing to impair his happiness for an\ considérable part of his now contractée time. — Anotber thing is, it is reallj a source of bappiness to my&clf to be near hiin, and

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though thcrc are no small inoompatibilities betwcen us I could not part froin him without a good dcal of émotion. Tbe union in intellectuals is perfret, a\ hicli, with the first man in intellectuals in his âge, eannot fail to bea source of pleasure, and in the morals and sympathies, with a good many clashings betwcen him and me, there isalso mucli in hischaractertolove, his sincerity and simplicity of character it would notbe easy to match and there is nothing which goes so far as thèse two qualifies in layingthefoundation of attuchment ». C'est le moment où les amis de James Mill, WakefieU, entre autres, cherchent des moyens de retirer Mill de la dépendance de Kentham, soit en le plaçant à la tète de l'école chrestomathique, soit en lui prêtant de l'argent jusqu'à l'achèvement de son Histoire de l'Inde britannique :Brit. Mus., 35, 152, ff. 79, 87, 90).